|
| |
-
With One Voice, St. Luke's Medical Staff Leadership Calls
CPMC to Partner to Preserve and Revitalize Our Acute Care Services,
On November 10,
2007, the Medical Executive Committee of St. Luke’s Hospital and invited
guests of the medical staff met for a day long retreat in response to Dr.
Martin Brotman’s announcement that California Pacific Medical Center plans
to close inpatient care at the St. Luke’s Campus at the end of 2009.
-
SF Health Commission Prop Q Resolution on CPMC's Proposed
Changes to the SLH NICU:
DETERMINING THAT ST.
LUKE’S HOSPITAL’S REPLACEMENT OF THE LEVEL 2 NEONATAL CARE UNIT WITH A
SPECIAL CARE NURSERY WILL HAVE A DETRIMENTAL IMPACT ON THE HEALTH OF THE
COMMUNITY
- SUTTER St.
Luke's Hospital Closure = Medical Redlining!
From
calnurses on
YouTube.
-
The Coalition to Save St. Luke's Organizes to Protest CPMC Cuts and Planned
Closures,
Rally and Press Conference
on the steps of San Francisco City Hall Thursday, January 24th
at Noon.
-
CNA Protests CPMC's Handling of Changes in Nursery and Maternity RN's
Assignments
-
Threatened Hospital Closure Raises Transportation Issues,
a column by Fran Taylor in the Mission Dispatch, focuses on the
transportation issue. Important news!
- Conditions on the 9th Floor: Testimony:
Testimony from three folks in this new section of our site.
-
San Francisco Public Health Commission Will Respond to CPMC's Proposed
Changes to SLH's Neonatal Intensive Care Service- December 18 at
5:00 PM SFGH Carr
Auditorium, 22nd and Potrero ,
(arrive by 4:30 PM to sign up to speak or be seated).
More @
Breaking News Blog.
- From the Chief of the St. Luke's Medical Staff: CPMC Begins New
Collaborative Relationship
- "Sup.
Sophia Maxwell's Institutional Master Plan Review for Medical
Institutions legislation unanimously passes with no debate
in the Board of Supervisors, Dec 4th. It requires the Department of Public
Health to contract with a Certified Health Planner to assess the impact of
certain changes in hospital master plans. Expected to pass Dec 11 on second
reading...video
available here.
- St. Luke's doctors, nurses and midwifes
testify Dec 4th to Health Commission on the vital need for adequate nursery
services to support our award-winning Birthing Center. Testimony in
Why We Care section.
-
International support for St. Luke's Birthing Center! Accolades from New
Zealand Midwifery expert
- Letter to the Editor:
St.
Luke’s Needs Intensive Care - Noe Valley Voice, December 2007
-
A
Video on the Hearing for the City Operations and Neighborhood
Service Committee on the closure of 10 and conditions on 9,
is now posted for viewing by the public.
-
Medical staff criticize St. Luke's plan; Doctors, nurses call hospital
proposal reduction in service,
Elizabeth Fernandez, Chronicle
Staff Writer
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
-
On Wednesday, November 28, nine St. Luke’s Hospital
physicians leaders and one nurse leader met for an hour with Phil
Ginsburg, the Chief of Staff to Mayor Newsom, to discuss our grave
concerns over CPMC's plan to close acute care services at St. Luke's
Hospital. Supervisor Alioto-Pier, who arranged for this
meeting on our behalf, and her aide Catherine Stefani were also there,
along with 2 members of the Mayor’s staff involved in health issues.
-
No agreement has yet been reached
in response to CPMC's stated intention to close the SLH NICU. It has
been brought to my attention that my recent blog was premature, and it
has been edited to reflect that to minimize confusion. Mea culpa!
Any final proposal must be reviewed by all nursing, as well
as medical staff concerned, and administration. Nothing will be agreed
to by health care staff that will compromise the standard of care
necessary for safe deliveries at St Luke's Hospital!
-
The Hearing on the closure of the 10th Floor and the subsequent crowded
and chaotic conditions on the 9th Floor, was small but spirited today.
Small because the hearing had been canceled last week in hopes that CPMC
would respond more proactively to Sup. Alioto-Pier's request for the
halting of closures. When that did not materialize, it went forward
today as originally planned...Spirited, because the need to hold CPMC
accountable to its recent promises at the Health Commission Hearing to
collaboration and dialog with St. Luke's staff and City officials and
other stakeholders.
-
Meetings and discussions of the possible
fate of Inpatient Pediatrics are proceeding, as St. Luke's doctors argue
that care has been excellent in spite of the low census, and that it meets
all the standards that are used as official guidelines for community
hospital children's inpatient care. St. Luke's Pediatric Ward has a
documented record of excellent quality including a State of California award
for the treatment of pediatric asthma. CPMC administrators have tried to
justify closure on the basis that, in general, statistics show that wards
with low census have lower quailty of care. It would seem they should
applaud St. Luke's for having unusually high quality of care for such a
small unit!
-
On Wednesday, Nov 21, CPMC responded to Supervisor
Alioto-Pier's letter (see previous blog) requesting a halt to closure and
transfers of services at St. Luke's Hospital. In a letter Martin Brotman,
MD, CEO, reported that CPMC had asked the Health Commission to postpone the
Prop Q Hearings until sometime in January. The reason given for this change
was to enable them to have additional time to review their plans. However,
the Health Commission has decided to not delay the Prop Q but to proceed on
the original date of Dec 4 at 3 PM. See
Health Commission to Proceed With Prop Q Hearing on Dec 4 as Originally
Planned
-
-
Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center is calling a meeting of community and labor organizations, fighting to
Save St Luke's on Monday Dec 10 - at the BHNC, 515 Cortland Ave in Bernal
Save St. Lukes!
|
